submitted 2 years ago by Senseibull@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Would be helpful for most new users to understand how Lemmy works and how the different hosts interact with each other in a basic way.

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[-] matthieu_xyz@piaille.fr 13 points 2 years ago

@Senseibull
You can think of it like emails.

A lemmy community is like an automated mailbox that sends everything they receive to all subscribers.

You can host a mailing list/community on gmail.

Then you can subscribe to the mailing list from outlook.

Then a user can send a post to the mailing list from yahoo.

The automated mailbox at gmail will receive the message from yahoo and send it to outlook and all other subscribers.

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 years ago

This is more of an ELI75 lol

[-] goldgate@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Ha ha, no 75 year old is going to understand that either.

[-] sprocket@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

"What's an email? Is that like a phone?"

[-] Senseibull@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Lmao 🤣

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